#VU82529 Infinite loop in Glibc - CVE-2014-8121
Published: October 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU82529
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-8121
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Glibc
Glibc
Software vendor:
GNU
GNU
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by performing a look-up on a database while iterating over it, which triggers the file pointer to be reset.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
External links
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1165192
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0327.html
- https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2015-02/msg00617.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201602-02
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73038
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3480